Mastodawn

An Astonishing Graph. For most of human history, around 50% of children used to die before they reached the end of puberty. In 2020, that number is 4.3%. (It’s 0.3% in countries like Japan & Norway.) https://kottke.org/25/12/an-astonishing-graph

An Astonishing Graph

For most of human history, around 50% of children used to die before they reached the end of puberty. In 2020, that number is 4.

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Paul Schoe Dec 3

You are right, an astonishing graph about how child mortality dropped.

But in the USA they will now reverse the trend. As the article says: child mortality is now such an 'uncommon experience that people have forgotten and want to ban vaccines.'

The USA will see many more children and parents suffering.

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Lenora

@paulschoe @kottke a trip to an old cemetery would be an eye opener for many #antivaxxer parents if they’d bother to go. There are many tombstones of dead children before the 1960’s. If you were to look at one of my great grandmother’s tombstone you’d see she is buried with 5 of her children. Of her 8 children only 3 made it to adulthood